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  The semantic structure of sensory vocabulary in an African language

Dingemanse, M., & Majid, A. (2012). The semantic structure of sensory vocabulary in an African language. In N. Miyake, D. Peebles, & R. P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2012) (pp. 300-305). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

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Dingemanse, Mark1, 2, Author           
Majid, Asifa2, 3, Author           
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1Human Sociality and Systems of Language Use, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_808546              
2Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_792548              
3Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, External Organizations, ou_55236              

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Free keywords: semantics; sensory vocabulary; ideophones; sensory perception; mental lexicon
 Abstract: The widespread occurrence of ideophones, large classes of words specialized in evoking sensory imagery, is little known outside linguistics and anthropology. Ideophones are a common feature in many of the world’s languages but are underdeveloped in English and other Indo-European languages. Here we study the meanings of ideophones in Siwu (a Kwa language from Ghana) using a pile-sorting task. The goal was to uncover the underlying structure of the lexical space and to examine the claimed link between ideophones and perception. We found that Siwu ideophones are principally organized around fine-grained aspects of sensory perception, and map onto salient psychophysical dimensions identified in sensory science. The results ratify ideophones as dedicated sensory vocabulary and underline the relevance of ideophones for research on language and perception.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 201220122012
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Title: the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2012)
Place of Event: Sapporo, Japan
Start-/End Date: 2012-08-01 - 2012-08-04

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Title: Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2012)
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Cooper, R. P., Editor
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Publ. Info: Austin, TX : Cognitive Science Society
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